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General David Petraeus: we have two weeks to save Pakistan from Taliban - Telegraph »
Posted by: pc25 6 months, 1 week ago in News
General David Petraeus, the commander of US Central Command, has reportedly told American officials that the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the ...
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Taliban Within 60 Miles Of Pakistan Capital-More Pakistani cities fall into Taliban hand »
Posted by: pc25 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Pakistan's government confirms that Taliban militants, armed with heavy weapons, have taken control of new areas near the capital Islamabad.
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Islamabad's Interior Ministry ...Read (422) | Share | Discuss (61) | Read Full Story at presstv.ir
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Suspected US missile strike kills 27 in Pakistan »
Posted by: STONERS 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Dozens of followers of Pakistan's top Taliban leader were in a compound when a suspected U.S. missile attack hit Saturday, killing 27 militants ...
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'They used a scalpel... I was crying in agony': Guantanamo victim Binyam Mohamed speaks »
Posted by: dissent 8 months ago in News
'They took the scalpel... One of them took my penis in his hand and began to make cuts. He did it once, and they stood ...
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First Missile Strikes On Pakistan Since Obama Presidency: Reports »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
According to ABC News , Commander-in-chief Obama has launched his first missile attacks...
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The CIA's bombing campaign against al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan continued with ...Read (361) | Share | Discuss (26) | Read Full Story at huffingtonpost.com
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | UN calls for massive Pakistan aid »
Posted by: dissent 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has called for a massive aid operation to help those displaced in north-west Pakistan.
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Taliban Attack Afghan Government Buildings, Killing At Least 20, Before Holbrooke Visit »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months ago in Political News
Eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings Wednesday in a coordinated assault that killed 20 people in the heart of Kabul ...
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US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan, Afghanistan »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
Islamabad - The US is embarking on a $1 billion crash program to expand its diplomatic presence in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, another sign that the ...
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Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report says - CNN.com »
Posted by: pacodecabra 1 month ago in Religion
Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim -- and they are not necessarily where you might think, according to an extensive new study that aims ...
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Thousands Flee Pahistan Fighting »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months ago in News
Added to the more than 550,000 who had already fled, this threatened to create one of the world's biggest displacement crises, the UN ...
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America’s Violent Extremism - Paul Craig Roberts »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
After the euphoric attention to idealistic rhetoric dies down, Obama will be criticized for extravagant words that create unrealizable expectations. But were the extravagant words ...
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Reality Is Its Own Caricature for US in Afghanistan and Pakistan »
Posted by: dissent 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The problem with U.S.-sponsored elections in Asia and elsewhere in the non-Western world, as in Afghanistan Aug. 20, is that they are sponsored ...
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Militants blow up girls school in Pakistan »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 5 months, 1 week ago in News
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) –
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Militants blew up a girls' school on the outskirts of Pakistan' s northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday as the military pressed ...Read (572) | Share | Discuss (8) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco »
Posted by: Tumultuous 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Those of us who love F. Scott Fitzgerald must acknowledge that he did get one big thing wrong. There are second acts in American lives ...
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We must get out of Afghanistan - Adrian Hamilton - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
If you're in a hole stop digging. Denis Healey's admonition to politicians has been so often quoted that it's become almost a ...
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